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*What ( *a / *the / <span style="color:darkred;">Ø</span> ) time is it? | *What ( *a / *the / <span style="color:darkred;">Ø</span> ) time is it? | ||
*What's ( *a / <span style="color:darkred;">the</span> / *Ø ) time? | *What's ( *a / <span style="color:darkred;">the</span> / *Ø ) time? | ||
| − | *Do you have (<span style="color:darkred;">the</span> | + | *Do you have <sup>#</sup>(<span style="color:darkred;">the</span>) time? <span style="color:papayawhip;"> as-tu l'heure?</span> |
**<sup>#</sup>Do you have (the) time to... <span style="color:papayawhip;">t'as le temps de...?</span> | **<sup>#</sup>Do you have (the) time to... <span style="color:papayawhip;">t'as le temps de...?</span> | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 27 April 2013
The noun time is most often translated as either: fois, heure, or temps, though other translations are possible.
fois
- How many times have you been there?
- Everyone will get in, one at a time!
à la fois = at the same time
temps
à temps = in time
l'heure
- What ( *a / *the / Ø ) time is it?
- What's ( *a / the / *Ø ) time?
- Do you have #(the) time? as-tu l'heure?
- #Do you have (the) time to... t'as le temps de...?
à l'heure = on time
grammatical key
- (x) correct with or without x
- *(x) correct with x, incorrect without x
- #(x) correct with x, without x the meaning is different, though the sentence remains grammatical.
Adages
Time flies when you're having fun. A stitch in time saves nine.
